ναοφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From νᾱός (nāós, “inmost part of a temple”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”). In the second meaning, from ναῦς (naûs, “ship”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /naː.o.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /na.oˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /na.oˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /na.oˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /na.oˈfi.laks/
Noun
νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξ • (nāophúlax) m (genitive νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
- keeper, guardian of a temple
- Synonym: ἱεροφύλαξ (hierophúlax)
- master or pilot of a ship
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξ ho nāophúlax | τὼ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ nāophúlake | οἱ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi nāophúlakes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκος toû nāophúlakos | τοῖν νᾱοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn nāophulákoin | τῶν νᾱοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn nāophulákōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi nāophúlaki | τοῖν νᾱοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn nāophulákoin | τοῖς νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs nāophúlaxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn nāophúlaka | τὼ νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ nāophúlake | τοὺς νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs nāophúlakas | ||||||||||
Vocative | νᾱοφῠ́λᾰξ nāophúlax | νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκε nāophúlake | νᾱοφῠ́λᾰκες nāophúlakes | ||||||||||
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References
- ναοφύλαξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ναοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette